ATTENTION, PEOPLE PLANNING A VACATION IN SWITZERLAND
(Thanks to Schadeboy and many, many other cautious travelers)
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Wow, Is Tipping still allowed.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | August 30, 2006 at 01:23 PM
So... if it's not manditory, it's forbitten?
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 30, 2006 at 01:24 PM
Where is Gery Larson when we need him.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | August 30, 2006 at 01:25 PM
“The best practice is to maintain a fair distance and keep dogs on a leash,” he said.
How about keeping your frigging cows on a leash?
Posted by: Brad | August 30, 2006 at 01:25 PM
make that Gary.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | August 30, 2006 at 01:25 PM
have to say I have never had the urge to hug a cow...although I appreciate Switzerland's concern
Posted by: kitten | August 30, 2006 at 01:26 PM
Oh, right... cows don't bite. Right, blurk?
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 30, 2006 at 01:26 PM
"Never caress a calf"
I dont think they need to tell us that.
Posted by: Juggler of Geese | August 30, 2006 at 01:27 PM
I thought it was don't have a cow . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | August 30, 2006 at 01:27 PM
Poor Swiss gals - now that their calves are off-limits, where's a guy to start warming them up?
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 30, 2006 at 01:28 PM
Keep the dog on a leash? In the wild? While hiking?
Next they'll forbid smoking out there!
COW HUGGERS!
*goes off to find a tree to chop down*
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | August 30, 2006 at 01:31 PM
“Hikers lose reality about the cows. They don’t know how to react when a cow appears,”
Swiss peyote?
Posted by: mudstuffin | August 30, 2006 at 01:31 PM
I've been around more cows than I could count and have never been bitten by one. I have been kicked, stomped, smashed, run over, etc. But never bitten.
Posted by: blurk | August 30, 2006 at 01:32 PM
also, never give a cow a reach around...
Lord, I appologize for that comment. I am in a weird mood today...
I believe the saying is "never buy a cow a glass of milk when it can drink for free..."
Posted by: Chaz | August 30, 2006 at 01:32 PM
but, blurk, have you ever tried to hug one? Maybe that's what sets them off
Posted by: kitten | August 30, 2006 at 01:33 PM
It's difficult to bite someone with only an upper row of teeth.
Ask Grandpa.
MeThinks "Charging" and "Head Butting" are the problems.
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | August 30, 2006 at 01:37 PM
Again, I've roped 'em, wrestled 'em to the ground, branded 'em, vaccinated 'em, and all sorts of other things. But never hugged one.
Posted by: blurk | August 30, 2006 at 01:37 PM
Roseanne Barr is gonna be starving for affection.
Posted by: Stevie W | August 30, 2006 at 01:38 PM
blurk, never practice Animal Husbandry on them either?
... just checking.
Could be a cause for "Cows gone MAD!"
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | August 30, 2006 at 01:39 PM
you cud have knocked me over with a feather...
Posted by: insomniac | August 30, 2006 at 01:40 PM
... and here we thought Mad Cow Disease was because of someone they ate...
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | August 30, 2006 at 01:40 PM
Do not taunt happy fun cow.
Posted by: Leetie | August 30, 2006 at 01:40 PM
Don't worry, Kibby. I like my wimmen of the two legged variety.
Posted by: blurk | August 30, 2006 at 01:40 PM
look a cow! Help, i've lost all sense of reality!
Posted by: Betsi | August 30, 2006 at 01:41 PM
We all know what the real danger from cows is, don't we?
Posted by: Eleanor | August 30, 2006 at 01:42 PM
Tell it to Richard Simmons.
Posted by: Stevie W | August 30, 2006 at 01:45 PM
Fantastic, El -- thanks for digging that up again!
Posted by: Clean Hands | August 30, 2006 at 01:49 PM
so 'copping a veal feel is out'?
hiker #1: Help! Help!
hiker #2: What's wrong?
#1: I've lost all sense of reality from the cows! And they stepped on my dog.
#2: Well, whatever you do, don't look them in the eyes!
(an alpenhorn goes off in the distance, in several languages you hear Step away from the cows!)
#1: This place is so terrifying, I can't wait to go home!
#2: Where's that?
#1: New York City.
Posted by: insomniac | August 30, 2006 at 01:51 PM
Is this a real story?
Or a thinly disguised "Guide to Guys" Seduction brochure?
Posted by: Meditrina | August 30, 2006 at 01:52 PM
These people are cow-ards.
Mooove along, nothing to see here.
Udderly amazing.
(How much longer can I milk these jokes?)
Posted by: PirateBoy | August 30, 2006 at 01:52 PM
Every now and then when we're doin' a big job at the ranch (brandin', vaccinatin', etc.) some of my boss' hi-falutin' doctor friends will come out to get the "real cowboy experience". Most of the time they show up in their preppy little shorts and sandals. They watch us cowboys work the cattle for about five minutes and decide they might just sit and watch and drink their imported beer. Or mineral water.
It's hilarious.
Posted by: blurk | August 30, 2006 at 01:53 PM
Or mebbe it was don't halve a cow . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | August 30, 2006 at 01:54 PM
I like that one a lot too, Clean! :)
I saw the article with this headline:
Mooove slowly and don't hug cows, hikers told
Posted by: Eleanor | August 30, 2006 at 01:56 PM
I bet a house cleaner from New York could tame them.
You know, a Jersey Maid.
Posted by: PirateBoy | August 30, 2006 at 01:57 PM
YAY! Partner!
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | August 30, 2006 at 01:57 PM
I'm not laughing. mostly.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | August 30, 2006 at 02:05 PM
well yeah, those cows don't wanna be hugged, they want the full pleasuring treatment from a few threads back. sheesh.
Posted by: crossgirl | August 30, 2006 at 02:15 PM
got nuttin to say about huggin' cows...
NTTAWWT, course...
Posted by: Siouxie | August 30, 2006 at 02:41 PM
(Apologies to the Drifters. And Carole King.)
Up on the hoof
Up on the hoof
When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up and start hugging the cows
And all my cares just drift right into space
Oh the Alps are full of supple meats
Oh Bessie come give me a little squeeze
Let me tell you now, when I come home craving Hires and beef
I go up where the air, it kind of reeks
I get away in the methane clouds
The smell of cow manure, it's kind of sweet
At night the cows get lonely and so cold
They're looking for a helping hand to hold...
Let's go up on the hoof...
Posted by: stevie w | August 30, 2006 at 02:59 PM
Stevie W:
That one was so bad, it even made me cringe!
Where you just in the moo'ed to write worse verse?
Posted by: PirateBoy | August 30, 2006 at 03:07 PM
All I can think of is Tom Lehrer's line:
"There is nothing more beautiful than the sight of a lone man facing, single-handedly, a half a ton of angry pot-roast."
Posted by: will | August 30, 2006 at 03:15 PM
I always give a stump broke cow a hug afterwards. They don't smoke.
Posted by: Chief | August 30, 2006 at 07:50 PM
having herded many a dogie since my father INSISTED on raising the damned things, I too have been sideswiped, stepped on, butted, partially trampled, and mooed at repeatedly. The most aggressive breed, according to my pops...is the Jersey....followed by the Brahma. We never had Swiss cattle which I guess is lucky. I'm not afraid of cows... it's squirrels I'll never turn my back on.
Posted by: philintexas | August 30, 2006 at 11:54 PM